Souza CK, et al. Serological surveillance and factors associated with influenza A virus in backyard pigs in Southern Brazil. Zoonoses Public Health. 2018 Nov 28. Abstractsubmitted by kickingbird at 15 days ago from Zoonoses Public Health. 2018 Nov 28 (via https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30485723)Backyard pig populations are not monitored for influenza A virus (IAV) in Brazil and there are limited data about seroprevalence and risk factors in these populations. Our goal was to assess possible factors ...

Hagenaars TJ, et al. Risk of poultry compartments for transmission of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza. PLoS One. 2018 Nov 28;13(11):e0207076.. Abstractsubmitted by kickingbird at 15 days ago from PLoS One. 2018 Nov 28;13(11):e0207076. (via https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30485292)When outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) occur in OIE member countries with until then disease-free status, member countries can use 'compartmentalisation'. A compartment may be defined ...

Oladipo EK, Oloke JK, Adeniji JA. Intravenous pathogenicity of influenza virus A/H5N1/2014 isolated from pig in Ogbomoso, Nigeria. Open Vet J. 2018;8(3):347-350.. Abstractsubmitted by kickingbird at 15 days ago from Open Vet J. 2018;8(3):347-350. (via https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30483460)Understanding the pathogenicity of avian influenza viruses in poultry is an important scientific and public health challenge because of antigenic shift/drift and a source of novel, potentially human-pathogenic ...

Imai K, et al. Whole Genome Sequencing of Influenza A and B Viruses With the MinION Sequencer in the Clinical Setting: A Pilot Study. Front Microbiol. 2018 Nov 13;9:2748.. Abstractsubmitted by kickingbird at 15 days ago from Front Microbiol. 2018 Nov 13;9:2748. (via https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6243006/)Introduction: Whole genome sequencing (WGS) of influenza viruses is important for preparing vaccines and coping with newly emerging viruses. However, WGS is difficult to perform using conventional next-generation ...

Rimondi A, et al. Evidence of a fixed internal gene constellation in influenza A viruses isolated from wild birds in Argentina (2006-2016). Emerg Microbes Infect. 2018 Nov 28;7(1):194. Abstractsubmitted by kickingbird at 15 days ago from Emerg Microbes Infect. 2018 Nov 28;7(1):194 (via https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30482896)Wild aquatic birds are the major reservoir of influenza A virus. Cloacal swabs and feces samples (n?=?6595) were collected from 62 bird species in Argentina from 2006 to 2016 and screened for influenza ...